North Carolina Wildflowers

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Pontederiaceae > Heteranthera (Mud-plantain)

Bouquet Mudplantain (Heteranthera multiflora) Bouquet Mudplantain (Heteranthera multiflora)
Wake Co., NC
21 July 2012

Rare in North Carolina with only a handful of populations known.

Bouquet Mudplantain (Heteranthera multiflora) Bouquet Mudplantain (Heteranthera multiflora)
Wake Co., NC
21 July 2012

Flowers are blue when open, and leaves are relatively (see H. reniformis below) large and are fairly round, about as long as wide.

Bouquet Mudplantain (Heteranthera multiflora) Bouquet Mudplantain (Heteranthera multiflora)
Wake Co., NC
21 July 2012

Plants grow in shallow mud/water.

Bouquet Mudplantain (Heteranthera multiflora) Bouquet Mudplantain (Heteranthera multiflora)
Wake Co., NC
21 July 2012

Bouquet Mudplantain (Heteranthera multiflora) Bouquet Mudplantain (Heteranthera multiflora)
Wake Co., NC
21 July 2012


Kidneyleaf Mudplantain (Heteranthera reniformis) Kidneyleaf Mudplantain (Heteranthera reniformis)
Wake Co., NC
21 July 2012

Rare in North Carolina, note the leaves of Kidneyleaf Mudplantain are smaller than the species above, and wider than long.

Kidneyleaf Mudplantain (Heteranthera reniformis) Kidneyleaf Mudplantain (Heteranthera reniformis)
Wake Co., NC
21 July 2012

Flowers are white.

Kidneyleaf Mudplantain (Heteranthera reniformis) Kidneyleaf Mudplantain (Heteranthera reniformis)
Wake Co., NC
21 July 2012

Kidneyleaf Mudplantain (Heteranthera reniformis) Kidneyleaf Mudplantain (Heteranthera reniformis)
Wake Co., NC
21 July 2012

Kidneyleaf Mudplantain (Heteranthera reniformis) Kidneyleaf Mudplantain (Heteranthera reniformis)
Wake Co., NC
21 July 2012

Kidneyleaf Mudplantain (Heteranthera reniformis) Kidneyleaf Mudplantain (Heteranthera reniformis)
Wake Co., NC
21 July 2012

Habitat is shallow mud/water/pools/ditches.



Annotated habitat and distribution information listed above is from Radford, Ahles, & Bell. 1968. Manual of the Vascular Flora of the Carolinas. UNC Press; and from personal observations and discussions with Will Cook, Harry LeGrand, and Bob Wilbur. Common names from personal experience and supplemented by the following resources USDA plants website, Flora of the Carolinas, Virginia, and Georgia, and NatureServe.


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